who think it long to await the death of an old man

0Hi,02br
00The original sentence (in Latin) comes from Titus Livius' (or Titus Livius's?) account of the death of Hannibal . 02br
00Basically, Hannibal is saying that he's going to kill himself before being killed by the Romans.02br
00Romans don't want Hannibal to die of a natural death; they don't want him to die old (they consider it too long a time), so the

0 There is still some confusion in my mind about the quote.02br
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00I would have written it as:02br
00Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of 01u00a man as02u00 an old man.0-

0 the Romans 01b00do not have the patience to wait until02b00 an old man dies of natural causes, so ... 0-

0 Was Hannibal an old man when died? Perhaps, not. Then, how could he address himself as an old man? Consider something like this: ...who think it long to await the death of a man dying of natural causes due to advancing age. 0-

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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Was Hannibal an old man when died? Perhaps, not. Then, how could he address himself as an old man? 12blockquote

10Hi.02br
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00Hannibal died around 182 BC01sup^{00*02sup}00, and he was about 6501sup^{00*02sup}00. Not bad for Roma